The returns of all municipal elections shall be made to the clerk of the municipality. The clerk shall request the assistance of the mayor of the municipality in conducting the canvass of votes. If there is no mayor or if the mayor has been a candidate at the election, the clerk shall appoint a municipal judge, a member of the election commission, or a person who is qualified to be an election judge and who did not serve as an election judge in the election as an assistant. No later than ten days after the election, the clerk, in the presence of the assistant, shall open the returns and make out abstracts of votes for each office.
Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1065, § 1, effective July 1. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1712, § 16, effective July 1. L. 2015: Entire section amended, (HB 15-1130), ch. 230, p. 857, § 10, effective August 5.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 31-10-1001 as it existed prior to 1975.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in HB 15-1130, see section 1 of chapter 230, Session Laws of Colorado 2015.